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The Smith College campus is beautiful and there's no better time to see it than in the Fall when the leaves change color. The New England Autumn is one of the things I miss most about the area. The art museum is really good although they're renovating and the ground's all gutted up now. Leave a Comment
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Definately get a massage while you are in town! There are bout 100 massage therapists in northampton.
nothing like a professional massage to take all the stress and pain away while travelling! Leave a Comment Directions: i reccommend Massage Empire because their quality is consistent and excellent. i think their number is 413-582-6948, but i am not sure. i do know that they are located on the 2nd floor, above La Cazua
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We are a fun town to watch. In a given five minuite period, sitting in exactly the same spot, you could see a man w/ a boa constrictor around his shoulders, a Tibetan monk ( compleate w/ saffron colored robe), a kid w/ a mohawk wearing a dress, a kid w/ a squillion piercings in his face wearing a suit, and a bearded woman. There are gaggles of Smithies- usually about four to seven girls strong, sometimes more- all toting shopping bags and squeeling/ screeching at various levels.
We like to play "Guess That Gender" of those who pass us. Sometimes it can be quite difficult.
The best spots for sitting are: City Hall steps, the steps at Ben and Bill's Chocolate Emporium, outside at Cha Cha Cha's or Starbucks. Of course, this year the city installed a whole slew of benches, so, there are even more spots to take load off and watch the parade- but, remember- to walk through Northampton is to join the parade. Leave a Comment
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Smith College has an very impressive set of botanic gardens spread across the campus, with the majority concentrated around or near the Botanic Garden exhibit hall, which traces the history of the garden and explains the thinking behind some of the displays. Outside, they have gardens which focus on themes such as wildflowers and ferns, as well as a rock garden. The systematics garden arranges plants by their family, so that resemblances can be seen (the small Capen garden, in another part of the campus, has a display with multiple examples of the same plant side-by-side, which gives a very vivid sense of the variations). Inside, the various conservatory rooms focus on succulents (cacti and similar plants, some of them highly unusual), tropical plants, orchids and so on. There are plants from all across the globe, including a surprisingly large section from Australia/New Zealand, and some exceptionally strange rock-resembling succulents from southern Africa. This is an extremely worthwhile stop while in Northampton. Leave a Comment
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